Railway-tie.



L. W. ASHLEY.

I RAILWAY TIE- APPLICATION FILED DEC-22. 191'!- 1,201.,914. Patented 0613.17,1916.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1- L. W. ASHLEY. R'AILWA Y TIE.

APPLICATION FILED 056.22, 1914.

1 ,201 ,9 1 4 Patented 001;. 17, 1916.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2- L. W. ASHLEY.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED 0120.22. 1914.

Patented "Oct. 17, 1916.

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LEONARD W. ASHLEY, F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED STATES I STEEL TIE 00., OF MILWAUKEE,;WI-SCONSIN, A CORPORATION.

RAILWAY-TIE.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 17, 1916.

- To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEONARD W. AsHLnY, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to improved means for connecting an all metal or a metal reinforced concrete railway tie to a railway rail in a firm, substantial and practical way by the use of removable connections or fastenings that enables the replacing of the rail or any of the other removable parts when unserviceable, and without throwingaway the tie, as would be necessary in case some of said connections or fastenings were permanently attached to said tie as has been heretofore practised. The reinforced concrete tie is an expensive tie, and the throwing away'of the same because of the giving out or breaking away of permanent fastenings therewith is very detrimental to the use of such ties. WVhereas my tie having removable or detachable connecting means therewith for the rigid attachment of a rail there to permits the repairing of the tie as a whole and making its use indefinite in duration.

My invention has especial reference to box-like sockets depending from a plate of the tie or in connection with the reinforcement of the concrete of said tie so as to form a receptacle that is not open to said concrete and into which sockets I can drop from above, removable rail-fastening bolts that interlock with said sockets. This enables me to use removable bolts and yet provide for rigid attachment of the tie tothe rail.

The sockets aforesaid serve a double purpose, namely: that of an opening free from the flow of concrete in the moldingof a tie,

upside down, and that of engaging in arigid manner lugs of removable rail-fastening bolts thus making practical the free use of removable bolts in the use of the concrete reinforced railway tie.

In view of the foregoing, my invention consists in what is herein particularly set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings and pointed out in theclaims of this specification, its main object being to provide simple, economical, efficient and du- I rable substitutes for the ordinary wood railway ties, theimproved tie being all metal or combined metal and concrete having removable rail-fasteningv means therewith.

Figure l of the drawings represents a partly sectional front elevation, indicated by line 11 in F ig. 2, and it illustrates a fragment of one of my improved railwaytles andrail-fastening means therewith together with a. rail, and a shim interposed between said tie and rail; Fig. 2, a plan view of the assemblage aforesaid partly broken away and in horizontal section, the view being indicated by line 22 in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a sectional view illustrating the securing of the rail to the tie without the interposition of a shim; Fig. i, a view similar to Fig. 3, showing a rail-clamp extended against the web of the rail; Fig. 5, a crosssection indicated by line 55 in Fig. 8; Fig. 6, a perspective view of a rail-seating plate constituting part of the tie; Fig. 7, a perspective view of the shim aforesaid; F ig. 8, a perspective view of a clamp-plate employed in connection with the rail-seating plate; Fig. 9, a perspective view of the bolt, which secures the clamping plate to the rail seating plate; Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the cotter member for "holding the bolt;Fig. 11, a partly cross-sectionelevation illustrating a rail-seating plate in connection with a Trail element of the tie. Referring by numerals to the drawings, 6 indicates the metal reinforce, and 7 the concrete of a reinforced railway-tie in accordance with my invention. The reinforce shown is an Lbeam, but it may be varied, as to form, without departure from what is herein claimed, and a suitable assemblage of an I-beam, peculiar plates and rail-fastening devices, such as are herein shown and described, will constitute a carrying out of my invention in accordance with certain of the claims herewith. In Fig. 11, it is shown that a T-rail 6 may be substituted for the I-beam.

A rail-seating plate 8 is shown in engagement with the tie and any suitable means may be employed for fastening the two together. As a matter of detail, the plate shownis provided with depending angular sockets 9, and T-slots in the top of the plate extend into said sockets. At the narrowest end of each slot the plate is provided with an upperlug 1O braced by a rib 11, and said plate is shown as having opposite wings 12 depending from the socket portions thereof. These wings are inwardly grooved lengthwise ofthe plate and have sliding engageserve as anchors in the concrete 7 and the hold it in place.

sockets 9 of the plate maybe provided with outer lateral anchoring-lugs 141 as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. It is also to be noted that the concrete fills a gap between'the socket portions 9 of the plate over the reinforce of the composite tie.

In the making of a reinforced concrete tie, a pair, of the plates aforesaid having been properlypositioned and keyed to the reinforce, the structure as. a whole is placed in a mold, bottom up, and the concrete 7 poured, whereby all of said structure is embedded in said concrete. The concrete having hardened in the mold, the tie is finished and ready for service when removed from said mold. The web of the I-beam reinforce is shown provided with openings through which the concrete forms bonds.

In Figs. 1 and 2 is shown the application of a shim 15 between a plate 8 and a superimposed railway rail 16. The shim is provided at its ends with T-slots that register with those of said plate, and said shim is astraddle of the platelugs 1Q.

Dropped into the sockets 9 of the plate 8, through the broad ends of the registering T- slots of the shim and said plate, are removable preferably flat bolts 17 each having a pair of lower oppositely extending lateral lugs 18, and the shank of eachbolt is provided with a lengthwise slot. Each bolt engaged with the shim and plate aforesaid is moved outward to have its lugs 18 catch under the top of said plate, after which a slotted rail-clamp 19 is engaged with the bolt. Theclamp is provided with an outer end recess through which a plate-lug 10 extends, and a solid portion of said clamp caught between said bolt and the inner side of the lug, is of itself. downwardly extended in the form of a lug 20. The bolt being positioned as aforesaid a split cotter 21 is engaged with the bolt-slot over the rail clamp with which it has frictional contact, and thereis a wedging fit of the cotter in said boltslot. The cotter having been driven tight in the bolt-slot its ends are spread to As shown in Figs. 2, and 5, the ends of the cotter are preferably slotted to engage the :35 shoulders of an arrowhead spreading-wedge 22, these shoulders serving to support the wedge as well as to prevent a retractile movement thereof.

In Figs. 3, a and 5, the shim is omitted, the rail 16 being seated on the plate 8, and fastened in place by a bolt and cotter similar to what has been described in the foregoing. It is also shown in said Figs. 3, at and 5 that a shorter bolt 17 may be employed, the long and short bolts being interchangeable in their use.

In Fig. 4 it is shown that the rail-clamp 19' may have an extension 19 opposing the web of the rail to resist spreading pressure on said rail at a curve in the railway-track of which it forms a part.

From the foregoing it will be understood that provision is had for shimming the rail on the tie, and the construction of parts having especial reference to the application of a shim, as above specified, is an important feature of my invention.

The detachable bolts and means associated therewith for securing a rail on the tie are of the greatest importance, as in case of fracture or weakening of any of said bolts or other of the associated removable parts, they may be readily and economically replaced without detriment to said tie, whereby the service of said tie is indefinitely prolonged.

. I claim:

1. In a railway tie, a rail seating plate, a longitudinally slotted bolt extending from the plate, a rail clamping plate disposed on the bolt, a cotter, passed through the slot of the bolt and having its arms taperingly reduced from its bight portion, and a spreading member insertible between the arms of the cotter and adapted to interlock therewith.

2. In a railway tie, a rail seating plate, a longitudinally slotted bolt extending from the plate, a rail clamping plate disposed on the bolt, a cotter passed through the slot of the bolt and having its arms taperingly reduced from its bight portion, and longitudinally slotted adjacent their free ends, and a wedge member, having its butt'portion reduced to form locking shoulders adapted to seat in the slots of the cotter arms.

3. A railway-tie comprising rigid plates having upper outer lugs as well as sockets. a shim on any one of the plates and recessed to straddle the lugs of the same as well as to match the sockets therein, bolts having detachable holding engagement with the plate-sockets, rail-clamps having de tachable engagement with the bolts and the plate-sockets, and cotters engaging said bolts over against the clamps.

4. A railway-tie comprising rail-seating plates each having upper lugs as well as depending angular sockets into which T- slots extend, there being one of said lugs at the narrowest end of each of said slots, an.

upwardly extending bolt let into each socket and having lower opposite lateral plate-opposing lugs, slotted and recessed rail-clamps through which the plate-lugs and bolts extend, a solid. portion of each clamp being caught between one of said lugs and the adjacent bolt; and a split and spread cotter extending through a slot in each bolt over against a rail-clamp.

5. A railway-tie comprising metallic reinforce and rail-seating plates therewith embedded in concrete, each plate being provided with upper lugs as well as with depending sockets into which T-slots extend, there being one of the lugs at the narrowest end of each of said slots; an upwardly extending bolt let into each socket and having lower opposite lateral plateopp'osing lugs, slotted and recessed railclamps through which the plate-lugs and bolts extend, a solid portion of each clamp being caught between one of said lugs and the adjacent bolt; and a split and spread cotter extending through a slot in each bolt over against a rail-clamp.

6. A railway-tie comprising an I-beam reinforce and rail-seating plates therewith embedded in concrete, each plate being provided with upper lugs as well as with depending sockets into which T-slots extend, there being one of the lugs at the narrowest end of each of said slots; an upwardly extending bolt let into each socket and having lower opposite lateral plate-opposing lugs, slotted and recessedrail-clamps through which the plate-lugs and bolts extend, a solid portion of each clamp being caught between one of said lugs and the adjacent bolt; and a split and spread cotter extending through a slot in each bolt over against a rail-clamp.

7. A railway-tie comprising an I-beam,

rail-seating plates having grooved wings engaged by the upper flanges of the beam. keys extending through the web of the said beam in opposition to the plate-wings, bolts let into depending angular sockets of the plates through T-slots in said plates and having lower opposite lateral plate-opposing lugs, each plate being provided with an upper lug at the narrowest end of each of said slots; slotted and recessed rail-clamps through which the plate-lugs and bolts extend, a solid portion of each clamp being caught between one of said lugs and the adjacent bolt; and a split and spread cotter extending through a slot in each bolt over against a rail-clamp.

8. A partly concrete railway-tie comprising a metallic reinforce and rail-seating plates therewith having depending sockets provided with outer lateral anchoring-lugs and having upper outer lugs, as well as T- slots that extend into the sockets; the narrowest end of each slot being immediately adjacent to one of the plate-lugs, an upwardly extending bolt let into each socket and having lower opposite lateral plate-opposing lugs, slotted and recessed rail-clamps through which the plate-lugs and bolts extend, a solid portion of each clamp being caught between one of said lugs and the adjacent bolt; and a split and spread cotter extending through a slot in each bolt over against a rail clamp.

.9. A railway-tie comprising rail-seating plates each having upper lugs as well as depending angular sockets into which T-slots extend, there being one of said lugs at the narrowest end of each of said slots, an upwardly extending bolt let into each socket and having lower opposite lateral plateopposing lugs, slotted and recessed railclamps through which the plate-lugs and bolts extend, a solid portion of each clamp being caught bet-ween one of said lugs and the adjacent bolt, a split-cotter extending through a slot in each bolt over against a rail-clamp, and an arrowhead spreading wedge having shoulders thereof caught in slots adjacent to the ends of the cotter between which it is driven.

10. A railway-tie comprising a plate having upper lugs, as well as depending angular sockets into which T-slots extend, there being one of said lugs at the narrowest end of each of said slots; a shim also provided with T-slots that register with those aforesaid and through which the plate-lugs extend, an upwardly extending bolt let into each of said sockets through the shim and Copies of this patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

